Quick Question: Does other people using your internet affect your online gaming?

[Negrul1]

As the title says: if you are on a game and someone else in the house starts using the internet (just for little things like browsing web pages) are you able to keep playing? I ask this because in my house at the moment, I can pretty much never get a good game of TF2 in because someone else is using the internet in the house, normally just for small things such as browsing a site or IM. We are trying to improve it, but I want to know if it is a lost cause, and if it is impossible to achieve what we want (gaming + websites at the same time). We have annoyingly slow internet, so I want to ask people who have faster connections if they are able to or if we should just give up.

[Retarded Viking]

If they are playing another game it's fine, doesn't seem to cause anything at all but when they start downloading my ping is normally shot up to 200.

[Raven Corp]

My famil might be downloading something but they are reasonable and will most often lower their speeds.

[Twidler]

My internet is so shit that i fail

[jcallan]

How could it not affect your speeds :raise:?

Obviously if your internet was being used it would have some effect on your online gaming, no matter how small that may be.

[ToXiCsoldier]

Yep, i can host TF2 on my laptop while my brother is watching porn (busted him) :V

[MultiPurpose]

Only when someone is downloading torrents. And apparently my neighbors affect it also since I have Comcast.

[EcksDee]

When someone torrents, I get 500+ ping on usually 20ping servers.

[ShitBalls]

No problems here at all, but that is probably because I am on a 25Mb connection.

[Negrul1]

[QUOTE=windwakr;19127233]I can play TF2 fine over my shitty wireless adapter with 3 other people using the internet. What kind of internet do you have?[/QUOTE]

Shitty BT broadband, and the telephone pole outside was hit by a car a few years ago and BT just glued it back together with PVA by the look of it.

[Jon-Ace]

When my brother and sister stay over, the internet gets sapped big time.

Youtube and torrenting... :emo:

[rofflewoffles]

100mb connection.
:coolfish:

[KingQ8]

Fucking sisters on youtube fucks up my ping :(

[Achilles123]

If people start downloading something, then it does. Other than that, no.

[PartyPancake]

I can play TF2 fine with my mom browsing the internet upstairs and my brother on Xbox live at the same time.

[Sake]

When anyone accesses the internet at all, all my internet based games become unplayable. I have such slow internet (like 150 kb/s download).

[ssa gib A]

I'm usually fine as my mom just plays those seek and find games all day.